No one would breathe a word, with rumors that everyone from top to bottom is bound by strict nondisclosure agreements, but I hear that Marvel is quietly putting together a package of four drama series and a miniseries — a total of some 60 episodes — that would be taken out to the VOD and cable space, with Netflix, Amazon and WGN America rumored as potential candidates. Feelers had been sent out, and I hear there’s already interest from digital platforms and traditional cable networks in the package, which I hear is in very early stages with very little talent attached.

If true, and it might not be entirely, that would be a pretty huge deal. It would put Marvel on track to a wider universe, and the freedom of cable might free the company up to explore some of the more mature themes that it currently has to stay a bit away from for the sake of making a billion dollars a movie. Especially with streaming and the like, they essentially can do anything they want, content-wise, so it’d be fun to see something a bit more dynamic, like the Punisher getting his own show, or maybe Luke Cage.

Or, Marvel, you could give us what we’ve been asking for for years, and finally bring Nextwave to life. Come on, you know you want to.

I like the Punisher, and in fact I think the Thomas Jane Punisher was terribly underrated. I love that they turned him into this Jacobean revenge character. But I also get why the movies weren’t hits, and I think a hard-edged TV show would suit the character, especially if they adapt Ennis’ run on the Max books. Those were some of the most brutal and socially conscious comics Marvel has ever put out; properly handled that’s Emmy bait.

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY! I picked up the Matt Fraction trade paperbacks a few months ago and was blown away by the quality of his writing and the artwork. Seeing that as live action? And with Kate Bishop too? SOLD!

Once i heard disney bought Marvel i gave up on any real live action dramas coming our way. a rumor is nice to hear, but i bet its going to be all marvel produced shows, with made up characters that fit into disney’s female fish out of water crap as usual.

Punisher War zone will end up being the best we will ever get for the violent side of Marvel. but in all honesty DC got the better drama anyhow.

I would give ALL of the money to anyone who could make a Moon Knight mini series happen.
But it won’t. A good one would have to be too dark for them to make it. It’s the problem with this whole idea of “mature” Marvel titles ever being made. This is still a Disney property. They aren’t in the habit of greenlighting R content.

If it was done “straight” * from the comic no one would understand what was happening. No one except us fan boys, of course. It would be too demented to get an audience that was anything more than the people who already love it..

( *though that is pure tautology for NextWave Agents of HATE, of course. So maybe I should have said “If it was done BENT, like the comic” )

I have been hoping for a while that they some how bring him around in the “Tier 2 Lineup” of Marvel movies. He is just so awesome and it is sad a lot of people had no idea who he was till UMVC3 came out.

i want a Legion Of Monsters horror tv show with Ghost Rider, Man Thing, Werewolf By Night, and Morbius. set it in the 70s. give it little or no connection to the rest of the Marvel cinematic universe and do just completely violent and bonkers storylines.

Heroes for Hire would be great. With or without Luke Cage & Iron Fist. I would take the Misty and Colleen version with Paladin and others in it. Lots of possibility there, and doesn’t have to be crazy high budget.